github BATorrent-app/BATorrent v5.0.0-beta2

pre-release4 hours ago

A test build of 5.0. It is a pre-release: the app only offers it to people on
the beta update track (Settings, Updates). Expect rough edges, and please report
what you hit.

New

  • A new look. The main screen, the player, Find, the HUB, Add, the setup
    wizard, notifications, Remove, Free up space, the RSS window and the smaller
    dialogs were all redone. Seven themes, each with its own type and art, picked
    from pictures of the app in a new Appearance page. A title strip with
    back/forward over the navigation.
  • VPN inside the app, rebuilt. Import a WireGuard .conf and connect: only
    BATorrent goes through the VPN, and the rest of the computer keeps its normal
    connection. No administrator prompt, no network adapter, nothing installed on
    the system. If the VPN drops, it reconnects on its own; with the kill switch
    on, torrents stop until it is back. On servers that offer it (Proton's P2P
    servers), it opens a port so peers can reach you.
  • Series and streaming. A show has its own page, with the episodes you have
    and the ones you don't; episodes of one series fold into one row; season packs
    are understood; the wait before a stream happens inside the player, with what
    it is waiting for; the next episode plays in the same window.
  • Player. Picture in picture on the control bar, audio and subtitle
    languages, intro skipping, the keyboard keys a player should have, and video
    decoded in a separate, sandboxed process.
  • Games. A game has a page: its saves (with a dated backup), the languages
    and extras of the repack, a newer build when the catalogs have one, launch
    options, verify and uninstall. Achievements with BATorrent's own unlock card
    and sound. One-click installs for FitGirl, DODI, OnlineFix and GOG installers.
  • Find. A title has a page with its releases, sorted by who made them, and a
    recommended pick. Offline and catalog-down states say so.

Fixed

  • Deleted data no longer downloads again on its own.
  • Honest ratio and availability on the cards.
  • The app and the engine no longer overwrite each other's lines in the log.
  • Many smaller things from two design reviews and a code review.

Please test

  • The VPN, if you have a WireGuard .conf (Proton, Mullvad, IVPN...): connect,
    check that torrents keep going, disconnect. Tell me if Windows Firewall asks
    about batwg.exe.
  • macOS and Linux builds: they compile, but nobody has run them yet.

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